Interesting article on the Manziel family.

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Oof. That is blistering. Informative though - thanks for the post.

It was a catch

Very interesting stuff. Not so rich afterall.

Wow that's a pretty insane story. Easy to tell where Manziel inherited his "capitalism"-abusing mentality.

At this point it seems pretty obvious that he got paid; who the hell goes and signs thousands of autographs for some random without getting compensated? So now the question is, how much evidence does the NCAA need to convict him? Two memorobilia dealers have already stated that they paid him. The claim that a lack of a money trail kills the case is comical given how easy it is to launder money. I just don't see how the Ohio State players could get busetd and he won't.

"Capitalism" - abusing mentality? Seriously dude?

in Fuller we trust

I usually shy away from deadspin, but that article seems well written and well researched. Pretty interesting that hustling runs in the family. I wonder if they still are involved in cock-fighting.

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While I'm not sure about the family's current involvement in cockfighting, I'm absolutely astounded that deadspin didn't pick up on the fact that Johnny Football actually once starred on a FOX television show in the early 2000s called "Malcom in the Middle".

Tell me I'm not the only one who's thought this before?!

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I didn't think that before but I almost freaked out thinking this was a real thing!

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